{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Street Art"],"cover":{"alt":"Blu Mural Against Europe’s Border","height":1348,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/blu-mural-against-europe-border/blu-europe-border-policy.jpg","width":1840},"credit":"","date":"2012-04-19T10:15:12Z","description":"Famous mural artist Blu came up with a new mural in Melilla, questioning Europe’s border policy which often is described as barbed wire...","html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 1024\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"1024\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1024\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/blu-mural-against-europe-border/blu-europe-border_hu_c556dde84ba68157.avif 480w, /blu-mural-against-europe-border/blu-europe-border_hu_356aeb6f40b68c75.avif 960w, /blu-mural-against-europe-border/blu-europe-border_hu_90f07693be96e7fb.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/blu-mural-against-europe-border/blu-europe-border_hu_d03980d0f4d0e3b4.webp 480w, /blu-mural-against-europe-border/blu-europe-border_hu_c4042b67ebdfa34.webp 960w, /blu-mural-against-europe-border/blu-europe-border_hu_3cd2ee056ba9c2ad.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/blu-mural-against-europe-border/blu-europe-border_hu_ffbb4a364b0f3c1f.jpg\" srcset=\"/blu-mural-against-europe-border/blu-europe-border_hu_9c8875c0dc5d2e8e.jpg 480w, /blu-mural-against-europe-border/blu-europe-border_hu_b96a97c552e659fe.jpg 960w, /blu-mural-against-europe-border/blu-europe-border_hu_ffbb4a364b0f3c1f.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Blu - Europe Border\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eBlu - Europe Border\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\nEurope is a fortress, you can read that thesis almost everywhere at any time. It describes Europe’s border politics as backward-looking, inhuman and as a mass violation of human rights.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecently, one of the world’s most famous mural artists \u003cstrong\u003eBlu\u003c/strong\u003e, who became famous with his \u003ca href=\"/blu-mural-cologne/\"\u003ecritical\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"/new-blu-mural-in-kracow/\"\u003equestioning\u003c/a\u003e paintings around the globe, picked up on this border policy with his latest mural in Melilla, Spain!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHave you have wondered how Europe looks like from the outside? It looks like a huge electrified triple fence decorated with barbed wire. That is how it looks like in Melilla, a Spanish colony in Africa. (Blu)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more info, visit \u003ca href=\"http://www.blublu.org/\"\u003eblublu.org\u003c/a\u003e or take a look into \u003ca href=\"/blu/\"\u003eour archive\u003c/a\u003e\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVia \u003ca href=\"http://graffart.eu/blog/2012/04/blu-new-mural-in-melilla-spain/\"\u003egraffart.eu\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\n![Blu - Europe Border](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/blu-mural-against-europe-border/blu-europe-border.jpg\u003e)\n\nBlu - Europe Border \nEurope is a fortress, you can read that thesis almost everywhere at any time. It describes Europe’s border politics as backward-looking, inhuman and as a mass violation of human rights.\n\nRecently, one of the world’s most famous mural artists **Blu**, who became famous with his [critical](/blu-mural-cologne/), [questioning](/new-blu-mural-in-kracow/) paintings around the globe, picked up on this border policy with his latest mural in Melilla, Spain!\n\n\u003e Have you have wondered how Europe looks like from the outside? It looks like a huge electrified triple fence decorated with barbed wire. That is how it looks like in Melilla, a Spanish colony in Africa. (Blu)\n\nFor more info, visit [blublu.org](http://www.blublu.org/) or take a look into [our archive](/blu/)...\n\n\nVia [graffart.eu](http://graffart.eu/blog/2012/04/blu-new-mural-in-melilla-spain/).\n","tags":["Blu","Mural Art","Street Protest","Street Art Europe"],"title":"Blu Mural Against Europe’s Border","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/blu-mural-against-europe-border/"}